The Challenge of Promoting Health Exploration and Action

This book sets the promotion of health on wider agendas. Starting at the local level and the interface between primary health care and the community, it explores potentials for participation and the building of health alliances. It then takes a searching look at how health policy is made and the sco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sidell, Moyra
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Macmillan Education UK 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • PART 1: PROMOTING HEALTH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
  • General Practice and the Primary Health Care Team: the Potential for Promoting Health with Local Communities; J.Russell
  • The Territory of Community Action for Health; M.Sidell
  • Working at the Local Level; P.Thornley & M.Sidell
  • The Promise of Participation; M.Sidell
  • Evaluating Community Action; A.Peberdy
  • PART 2: PROMOTING HEALTH THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY
  • Public Policy and Health Promotion; L.Jones
  • Making and Changing Public Policy; L.Jones
  • Making Policies to Promote Health; L.Adams
  • Promoting Health through Social Policy; L.Jones
  • Environmental Policies and the Global Politics of Health; L.Jones
  • PART 3: DEBATES AND DILEMMAS IN HEALTH PROMOTION
  • Ethical Dilemmas in Health Promotion; A.Cribb
  • Men's Health in Perspective; G.Holroyd
  • Health Promotion and Surveillance; M.O'Brien
  • Collaboration: United We Stand, Divided We Fall?; A.Lethard
  • Towards a New Social Epidemiology; J.Popay & G.Williams
  • Envisaging the Future of Health Promotion; various authors